Missouri Senate passes sweeping tax franchise bill in revised act
The Missouri Senate amended and engrossed a broad tax reform on franchises, defining franchise value by market minus tangible assets. It extends taxation to public and quasi public franchises and adds notes taxation for banks and trusts. The measure affects St. Louis officials and creates licensing tiers for merchandise, with city and state revenue splits and exemptions for small cities, wholesale houses, auctions, and factories.
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Jefferson City
Senate
Farris
Hall-Sickles
Clay
Young
Mott
Haynes
St. Louis
Higgins
Speed
House
Hamilton
Missouri
State Department
Missouri anti trust law may disrupt brewers’ price fixing
Kansas City May 10 The Times says Missouri’s new anti trust law will likely affect the brewers’ combine that has run prices and sales of beer in Kansas City for five years and may be one of the first trusts hit by the new law.
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Missouri
Combine
Kansas City, Mo
the Times
Law Backs Uniform Beer Prices by Kansas City Brewers
The recent law enacted by the legislature enables 425 Kansas City saloons to be bound by a brewer controlled price scheme. All but two KC breweries can fix prices and require saloonkeepers to sell selected brands. The arrangement follows many saloonkeepers’ reliance on brewer agents to operate outlets.
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Kansas City
Institutional church planned in Kansas City
Kansas City officials reveal an institutional church project in the works within the city. Pastor Dr. S A Northrop of the First Baptist church said he and members are diligently pursuing the effort, with an estimated cost around $100 000.
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Institutional Church
Kansas City
S. A. Northrop
First Baptist Church
Sixth Missouri to Be Mustered Out in Savannah
The muster out of the Sixth Missouri regiment will occur Wednesday in Savannah Georgia and by noon every man is expected to be released from service.
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Missouri
Savannah
Seed distribution contract awarded to Santa Clara firm
The agricultural department lets a contract for government seeds to a Santa Clara California firm for 64900 dollars. All seeds must be delivered by December 1 with distribution starting next January.
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Agricultural Department
Santa Clara
Cal
Grain-O and Rocky Ford Melons Headline
Drink Grain-O a healthful grain based drink not a medicine. It costs about 44 cents and tastes like coffee. Mat West and Harry Shepard lease land in Colorado to grow melons for Missouri market, aiming to supply Rocky Ford melons this year.
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Mat West
Harry Shepard
Colorado
Missouri
Rocky Ford
Cough Remedies and School Bonds Highlight Small-Town Notices
A nurse’s note praises Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for a boy with whooping cough and a local editor touts One Minute Cough Cure for croup. Notices urge G R members to assist a ill fellow member and report Eagle Eye Salve for eye ailments. The school board plans a special meeting and election to sell old bonds, with legal call timing noted.
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J. D. Bridge
the Democrat
Lancaster
Apples Apples Apples at Candy Palace
A brief sale note reports a small batch of apples available at Candy Palace, described as nice eating with only a few left.
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Candy Palace
Bargain Sale Starts May 8 With $12,000 In New Stock
Due to bad weather crowds are thin but the store touts 20 percent discounts on a fresh $12,000 stock. Manager Carl A. Guenther promises big days and urges shoppers to visit as a 15 day sale begins Monday May 8 featuring silks dress goods linens and more.
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Mgr
Carl A. Guenther
Mean People and a Paper Hanger Dispute
A local quarrel unfolds as a paper hanger vents over neighbors who shun tradesmen and DIY home projects. The man complains while the wife quips about her husband shaving and scraping walls, highlighting stubborn pride and stubborn workmanship.
Cantankerous editor bungles stamps on desk
A cantankerous man scolds his assistant over papers and stamps on a cluttered desk. She answers meekly and quietly, then sticks the sheet of postage stamps on his bald head, leaving him shocked and bewildered as she walks away seeking new work.
Child Language Study And Banknote Ruse Across Ages
A teacher describes a plan to measure vocabulary use in children aged 6 and 8 to 9, noting small kids use about 60 words while older children approach 200, with plans to average results over many trials. The text then recounts banknote loss stories, including indemnities, fraud, and early banking practices illustrating payments on notes, with cases of lost or stolen notes and subsequent recoveries or losses.
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Parr
Bank of England
Bank of England Profit From Loss Remark
The remark notes a curious truth that the Bank of England has historically maintained profits even as losses occur for others, highlighting fiscal resilience and the nature of central bank finance.
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Bank of England
Proclamation Authorship by Maj Gen Andrew Jackson in Cuba Era
The passage notes that the first American captain general of Cuba was Andrew Jackson. It cites his proclamation signature as By Maj Gen Andrew Jackson governor of the provinces of the Floridas exercising the powers of the captain general and of the intendant of the island of Cuba over said provinces and of the governors of said provinces respectively.
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Cuba
Andrew Jackson
Florida
Floridas
Do you think it proper to laugh at a slip on banana peel
A brief humorous dialogue contrasts a man trying to keep his temper with a spectator who admits he laughed by accident when a man slips on a banana peel. The exchange highlights social propriety and casual humor in everyday mishaps.
Winter Visitor Reflects on Sailing Dangers in Florida Bay
A dialogue from the New York Weekly notes a winter visitor’s fear of sailing in a Florida bay. A local waterman dismisses drowning risk, claiming sharks prevent drownings.
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Florida
Waterman
New York Weekly
Des Witt's Little Early Risers Featured by Servant's Pharmacy
The ad extols Des Witt's Little Early Risers as famed pills for torpid liver and all irregularities of the system. Servant's Pharmacy promotes the remedy as a universal cure.
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Des Witt
Servant’s Pharmacy
New Pullman Tourist Sleeper KC to Portland
The new Pullman tourist sleeper runs from Kansas City to Portland in 72 hours, leaving Thursday evenings at 6 40 on the Union Pacific. It offers maximum comfort at minimum cost, with porters aboard and special suitability for women and children traveling alone. Tickets available at 1000 Main Street 1038 Union Avenue and Union Station, or by calling 1109. inquiries to J. B. Frawley.
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Kansas City
Portland
Union Pacific Railroad
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Main Street
Union Avenue
Union Station
J. B. Frawley
Through sleeping cars to Montana and Washington from Kansas City
Travelers may ride weekly Tuesday and Thursday from Kansas City via the Burlington Route to Montana and Washington with through sleepers to Butte Spokane Seattle and Puget Sound. Daily first class through sleepers to Butte Anaconda begin March 12. Inquiries to Wakeey Bramhall and associates in St. Louis and Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Burlington
Butte
Spokane
Seattle
Puget Sound
Northern Pacific Rail
Montana
Northwest
Billings
Washington
Anaconda
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Sedalia, MO
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Decatur
Ill
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